[Nick]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

and I fear that no amount of education can ever fix it.

I can think of a few things that would fix it.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

Agree with everything here, although whenever I've heard people trying to justify cultural things like this, they usually can't come up with anything more than 'the [insert appropriate holy book] says...'. and act like that's justification enough.

I know exactly what Prometheus is talking about. I've had the same thing with people who are against mixed marriages (between a black and a white or between a Latino and a white or between an Asian and a white) and they explain it out in a really logical way, saying that you shouldn't do it because the child will be persecuted against or that the child will have no cultural identity and all this other bullshit. I've seen people convinced by this stuff before my eyes.

I once replied to someone like that, "So you're saying that you should promote racism because someone might get hurt? You shouldn't break down the barriers between the races because someone might not approve? I'm not so concerned about what someone else thinks. If I seriously care about and love the girl I'm dating enough, I would want to marry her, regardless of her skin color."

It's just that their reasoning (as well as the ones Prometheus mentions) ignore so many other points of view and ignore so many facts and present their own view in a very convincing way that many people find hard to argue with. I think that's what he means by "Almost makes sense."

[Prometheus]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I was talking about! It's like, you listen to them, and the reasons they have for the way they think, and they seem so earnest about it all, and it actually begins to sound like a totally sensible solution, right up until the point where you suddenly think, "Wait..... what?"

I mean, when you have an intelligent woman, who would never in a million years let YOU give her any shit whatsover, suddenly give you book and verse as to why Muslim men should be in charge, and not somehow see the massive problems inherent in her own argument, you know those Iman's did their job WELL.

[Lozek]

Did anyone hear that they've sold the bear on E-bay for a large sum of money? It's true, apparently they've made a Prophet out of it

[Zepp88]

Bearhammed!!!

[urklvt]

Originally Posted by Lozek

Did anyone hear that they've sold the bear on E-bay for a large sum of money? It's true, apparently they've made a Prophet out of it

[The Dark Wolf]

^ What he said. How'd I miss that?

[distressed_romeo]

Seriously?!!!!!

[Prometheus]

....

I've been trying to think of something funnier than the whole bear being sold for a Prophet joke, but damn. That's too good. TOO GOOD!

[Korbain]

and muslims wonder why every hates them. I know they're not all this extreme about things, but jesus when i saw this on the news i just this is the stupidest fucking thing i've ever seen/heard lol Death by firing squad because she called a bear mohammed